With just a few days left until the start of the season, but the end of the transfer window still four weeks away, Albion have finally started adding to the incomings column with the signings of Jeremy Sarmiento on loan from Brighton and, most recently, Josh Maja on a free transfer from Bordeaux. The financial realities of the club’s current…
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Baggies beat Canaries to keep slim hopes alive
West Bromwich Albion 2 Norwich City 1 Carlos Corberán’s Baggies came from behind to beat Norwich City in their final home game of the season to keep their slim hopes of a play-off place alive for the final day of the season on Monday week. Mental strength has been lacking in the Albion team of late, but they showed plenty…
Read MoreBaggies floored as Blades blunt play-off hopes
Sheffield United 2 West Bromwich Albion 0 It was always going to be a tough ask to win at Bramall Lane against a team that needed the three points to confirm their return to the Premier League, but it looked eminently possible in the first half as the visitors dominated possession. However, once the hosts went ahead after an unfortunate…
Read MoreAlbion come up short once again
West Bromwich Albion 1 Sunderland 2 Albion picked probably the worst time of the season to lose their unbeaten home record but, in many ways, it was not exactly a surprise. It leaves Carlos Corberán’s team with a tough, but not impossible, task to get into the top six but it further reinforced my underlying belief that this team is…
Read MoreBaggies take the points but will they take heart?
Blackpool 0 West Bromwich Albion 2 While Albion look to have ended their travelling problems with a second successive victory on the road, if those Baggies fans present are honest with themselves, the result could easily have been very different. Blackpool were the better side for long periods, particularly in the first half, and had former Albion youngster, Morgan Rogers,…
Read MoreThe Baggies have “bottled it” as play-off dream slips away
West Bromwich Albion 2 Queen’s Park Rangers 2 When QPR visited the Hawthorns on 22nd June 2020, the result was the same but, with it being enough for the Baggies to win promotion and there being no fans in the stadium due to the COVID pandemic, it was a very different situation. I mention it because that season, Albion “bottled…
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